>The Best in Fiction & Non Fiction

When elite assassin, Jeda DeLongo, fled the Assassin's Guild years earlier, he knew there would be a price to be paid. No one ever left the Guild, but he never imagined his beloved wife and unborn son would pay the price for his betrayal. Now Keisha's life hangs in the balance and the most powerful healers in the Kingdom cannot lift her unnatural coma the assassins put her in. There is only one cure, find the legendary Witch Stone.

Jeda leads an impossible quest to recover the Witch Stone--a stone that has been lost for a hundred years. Crucial to the success of the quest are his twin daughters, the famous children of prophecy, but are they unwitting pawns in the witch's power struggles? Forces of White and Black Witches are gathering. Can Jeda find the Witch Stone and heal his wife or will he be instrumental in starting another witch war, the likes of which the kingdom has never seen before?

Epic fantasy continues in Witch’s Curse, Book 2 in The Witch Stone Prophecy by authors Debra L Martin and David W Small. A magical and mythical quest, told in the evocative tone of time honoured storytelling, Martin and Small have envisioned a hero, in Jeda DeLongo, who is wholly endearing. An enthralling tale from the start, they have created a fantasy world that is vibrant and beguiling, achieving a splendid balance between rich detail and compelling action. Fans of the genre will find many of the classic elements of heroic fantasy wielded with unabashed flair, with sorcery and chivalry in abundance, as the age old duel between good and evil comes once again to the fore. It’s an ever popular theme that often suffers a deluge of unoriginal imaginings, but Martin and Small keep it fresh and intriguing by taking their readers into the inner most thoughts of their characters, which imbues each with a real sense of presence.

Highly enjoyable and compelling fantasy, Witch’s Curse bodes well for future releases in The Witch Stone Prophecy and is highly recommended.

Powerful and riveting Shawver’s Holocaust biography casts a haunting and uninterrupted spell over her readers as she takes them on a harrowing journey into the darkest moments of the last century. A time and place that will forever be engrained in the annals of history it’s flawlessly written with a timely clarity which proves wholly enthralling throughout but as with any biography of note, it’s the subject we are first and foremost drawn to. With lucid and acerbic prose Shawver gives voice to Henry Zguda’s innermost thoughts and memories and the result proves quite remarkable.